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emacs-29 b4d990bd637: ; Clarify wording about arguments in doc strings


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: emacs-29 b4d990bd637: ; Clarify wording about arguments in doc strings
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2023 02:04:57 -0500 (EST)

branch: emacs-29
commit b4d990bd63724bcaf346b0b21ff63ff724a41815
Author: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>

    ; Clarify wording about arguments in doc strings
    
    * doc/lispref/tips.texi (Documentation Tips): Clarify "important
    arguments".  (Bug#67217)
---
 doc/lispref/tips.texi | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/lispref/tips.texi b/doc/lispref/tips.texi
index edc16181d19..db9f64aa8a0 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/tips.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/tips.texi
@@ -645,11 +645,11 @@ include before the first blank line so as to make this 
display useful.
 
 @item
 The first line should mention all the important arguments of the
-function, and should mention them in the order that they are written
-in a function call.  If the function has many arguments, then it is
-not feasible to mention them all in the first line; in that case, the
-first line should mention the first few arguments, including the most
-important arguments.
+function (in particular, the mandatory arguments), and should mention
+them in the order that they are written in a function call.  If the
+function has many arguments, then it is not feasible to mention them
+all in the first line; in that case, the first line should mention the
+first few arguments, including the most important arguments.
 
 @item
 When a function's documentation string mentions the value of an argument



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